I would feel greatly indebted to you if you could spare time to look over the lines enclosed and let me know whether
they will be accepted for “The Union” — if so, what you can afford to pay for them, and when they can
appear.

Truly Yours, Edgar A. Poe.

P.S. I feel that I have been guilty of discourtesy in not sooner thanking you for your picturesque and vigorous “Views
A-Foot” — but when they reached me, and long afterwards, I was too ill to write — and latterly I have been
every day hoping to have an opportunity of making your acquaintance and thanking you in person.